Jerry Mathers is an American actor with a net worth of $7 million. Jerry Mathers acquired that net worth by acting on television, film and the theatre stage. He is best known for playing "Beaver" on the hit sitcom Leave it to Beaver from 1957 to 1963. Mathers was born in Sioux City, Iowa.

Gerald Patrick "Jerry" Mathers (born June 2, 1948) is an American television, film, and stage actor. Mathers is best known for his role in the television sitcom series Leave It to Beaver (1957-1963), in which he played Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver, the younger son of archetypal suburban couple June and Ward Cleaver (played by Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont), and the brother of Wally Cleaver (played by Tony Dow).Mathers was born in Sioux City, Iowa, the son of a high school principal. His acting career began early. In a commercial for PET Milk, at age 2, he walked into a barroom wearing diapers, six guns, cowboy boots and a big cowboy hat. Vaudeville comedian Ed Wynn was behind the bar and several cowboy actors began portraying a bar fight. At this point, Mathers walks through the fighting cowboys and one of them picks him up and they all say, "Why are you here?" Mathers responds, "I'm the toughest hombre in these parts. You better have my brand," while he pounds on the bar.His early movies included This is My Love (1954), Men of the Fighting Lady (1954), The Seven Little Foys (1955) and The Trouble with Harry (1955).As he moved into his teenage years, Mathers retired from acting to concentrate on high school.In 1978, he reentered the entertainment industry. He has since starred in Playing Patti (1998) and Better Luck Tomorrow (2002). He has also been in It's Howdy Doody Time (1987), Down the Drain (1990) and Sexual Malice (1994).Mathers reportedly got the role of Beaver Cleaver when he told the show's producers he'd rather be at his Cub Scout meeting than auditioning for the part. The producers found his candidness appealing and perfect for the role. During the show's six seasons, Mathers also had a remarkable, professional relationship with both Billingsley and Dow, who were both his second mother and brother and close friends, both on- and off-camera. Mathers played the Beaver for six years, appearing in all 234 episodes of the series. Afte

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thank you for this very enlightening article. i enjoyed every word of it. mr. mathers may have been a huge star while still in his youth, but he did not allow fame to go to his head. he seems very down to earth. for many years now he has been using his ...

PANAMA CITY — Leave it to Beaver — to promote diabetes awareness. Jerry Mathers, who portrayed Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver on the well-known ‘50s television show “Leave It to Beaver,” is coming to Panama City to lead a free “Living Healthy ...

DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Jerry “The Beave” Mathers of “Leave It To Beaver” will be the featured keynote speaker at the 2016 Florida Chautauqua Assembly themed “A Journey into America.” Mathers will address an audience of an estimated 825 people on ...